Car-fender.



No. 800,121. PATENTED SEPT. 19, 1905. J. W- SEIBERT.

GAR FENDER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 20, 1905.

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No. 800,121. :AT'ENTED SEPT. 19, 1905.

J. W. SEIBERT.

GAR FENDER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 20, 1905.

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. form of fender which can be readily used in- U NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. SEIBERT, OF-VVASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ELIASLEWIS, OF WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

.CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed July 20, 1905- s erial No. 270,519.

T0 at whom it may concern:

1 Be itknown that I, JOSEPH W. SEIBERT,,a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Washington, in the county of Washington and State of-Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in car-fenders; and the invention has for its object to provide a novel connection with electric street-cars for preventing persons or objects being caught beneath the car and injured.

Another object of this invention is to provide a fender which will be normally heldin an elevated position and when struck by a person or object will be lowered to form a basketlike structure into which the person or object' will be precipitated.

A further object of this invention is to provide a fender in conjunction with which novel companying this application, like numeralsof reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved fender as applied'to the body of a car. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional View of my improved fender, illustrating the fender in a lowered position .in dotted lines; and Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view of the same.

the arms 3 3 are connected together by a shaft 8, upon which is mounted a substantiallyrec- 'tangular frame 9, consisting of side rails 10 10, transverse bars 11 11, and slats 12, these slats being arranged longitudinally of the frame 9. The rear end of the frame 9 is connected to a cable or rope 14:, which passes u'pwardly over pulleys l5 and 16, journaled in depending brackets 18 and 18', carried by the body 1 of the car. To the lower end of the cable or rope 14 is attached a weight 19. To prevent this weight from injuring the body 1 of the car when the frame 9 is actuated or lowered, I provide the bracket 18 with a depending coiled spring 20, which surrounds the cable or rope 14 and supports a block 21, against which the weight is adapted to strike when the frame 9 is lowered, the block 21 and the spring 20 preventing the weight from contacting with the bracket 18.

The forward ends of the rails 10 10 of the frame 9 are beveled, as at 22, whereby the forward edge of the frame 9"can lie in close proximity to the track 23, upon which the body of the car 1 travels. Mounted between the rails 10 10 at the forward end of the frame is a rod 2 1, uponwhich is journaled a roller 25. The rear end of the frame 9 is also provided with a rod 26, upon which is journaled a roller 27.

The upper end of the brackets 2 2 areprovided'with angularly-disposedslots 28 28, and sliclably mounted in these slots is a transversely-arranged rod 29. Upon the rod 29 is pivotally mounted a shield 30, the upper edges of the shield being provided with lugs 31 31, through which the rod 29 passes. Upon the shield 30 I mount a plurality of coiled springs 32 32, and covering these springs is a resilient material 33, such as leather, canvas, or the like material. 1

Operation: When a car equipped with my improved fender strikes a person or'object, the person or object will be precipitated upon the frame 9 of the fender, and as the majority of the weight will strike and rest upon the rear end of the frame this frame will be lowered to the position illustrated in dotted lines,

Fig. 3. Simultaneously with the downward movement of the frame 9 the shield is released, which descends and forms a cushion against which the object or person will strike, this cushion also serving to prevent the object or person from falling from the rear end of the frame 9. \Vhen considerable weight strikes the frame 9, the arms3 3 will recede toward the track 23, and for this reason I have provided the rollers 25 and 27, which will travel upon the track and sustain the frame 9 and its weight until the car has been stopped. Upon the person or object being removed from the frame 9 the springs and chains 6 return the frame 9 to its normal position, and the weight 19, attached to the cable or rope 14, returns the rear end of-the frame 9 to its normal position. The return movement of the rear end of the frame 9 causes the shield 30 to be elevated and to assume a position at an angle to said frame, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings.

The construction of my improved fender permits of the same being automatically actuated by the person or object striking it and being deposited upon the frame 9. It will thus be seen that the fender is entirely independent of the operator or motorman of the car and that the same requires very little attention, except when the arms 3 3 are to be elevated by adjusting the rods 7 of the brackets. To prevent the rear end of the frame 9 from being elevated too far, I have provided the inner sides of the brackets 2 2 with cleats 34:, which serve to stop the frame 9 in its movement when returning to its normal position.

It is thought from the foregoing that the construction, operation, and advantages of the herein-described car-fender will be apparent without further description and various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to with out departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a car-fender, the combination with the body of a car, of brackets carried by said body, arms pivotally connected to the lower ends of said brackets, a frame pivotally mounted between the outer ends of said arms, rollers journaled in said frame, said brackets having angularly-disposed slots formed therein, a rod mounted in said slots, a resilient shield pivotally mounted upon said rod and adapted to rest upon said frame, means to normally hold said frame in an elevated position, means to normally hold the outer ends of said arms in an elevated position, substantially as described.

2. In a car-fender, the combination with the body of a car, of depending brackets carried by said body, arms pivotally connected to said brackets, a frame pivotally mounted between said arms, a movable shield mounted between said brackets and adapted to rest upon said frame, means to normally hold said frame in an elevated position, and means to normally hold said arms in an elevated position, substantially as described.

3. In a car-fender, the combination with the body of a car, of depending brackets carried by said body, arms resiliently connected to said brackets, a frame pivotally mounted in said arms, a movable shield mounted between said brackets and adapted to rest upon said frame, means to normally hold said frame in an elevated position, and means to return said frame to its normal position when lowered, substantially as described.

4. The combination with the body of a car, of brackets carried by said body, arms resiliently connected to said brackets, a frame pivotally mounted between said arms, a movable shield mounted between said brackets, and means to normally hold said frame and shield in an elevated position, substantiall as described.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in the presence of two. witnesses.

JOSEPH W. SE1 BERT.

\Vitnesscs:

THOMAS 0. Seminar, DAVID D. Ronnn'rs. 

